Freezing food: cheapest jars/ containers?

Re: Freezing food: cheapest jars/ containers?

• tinamichelle

  January 2009

  My glass storage i bought on sale at belk's and walmart for like a 12 piece for 20.00

  Or mason jars I have gotten on CL, Freecycle, and yard sales. I don't do anything special to them when I freeze things in them.

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• AmandaHearn member

  January 2009

  A dozen mason jars at walmart isn't too expensive, and you use them again and again and again.  Otherwise, check used venues like garage sales, salvation army, etc.
  

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• brianna611

  January 2009

  Might be obvious, but if you buy things like jars of jelly, pickles, etc, you could save them and remove the labels to use them.  Whatever's cheapest, right? That's pretty cheap.  And you can always check out Goodwill or something.  Glass jars/mason jars might be easy to find if you check back once a week or something.

  

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• pixieprincss member

  January 2009

  Most glass jars are NOT made for freezing and are more likely to break. You need to get the specific kind of jar that is made to withstand freezing. Check Craigslist to see if people will sell their freezer jars for cheap.

  Freezer-safe canning jars will either have one-piece twist lids or flat lids with metal bands. In heat canning, the lids are one-use, but since you are just storing things and not actually canning you should be able to get many uses out of each lid.

  

  
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